Winner of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2017 is ACET INNOVATES of UPM

Leave a Nest successfully conducted TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2017 on May 13th. This is the 3rd time of the DEMO DAY held in MALAYSIA.

In this event, 12 finalists selected from 37 applicants presented their projects. Team “ACET INNOVATES” won the Grand Winner prize for their plan of innovative way for retting Kenaf. In addition to the Grand Winner, two more prizes were given by the judges (For details please see below). The winner will be invited to DEMO DAY in Singapore held in July 29th.

Leave a Nest is going to continuously support not only prize winners and finalists but all TECH PLANTER members so they can accelerate their projects. So please keep communicating with Leave a Nest members.

The event opened with welcoming note from YBhg Prof. Dr. Rofina Yasmin Othman, Director of UMCIC, followed by keynote speech from Dr. Vengadesh, a team leader of “eDNAnalyzer”, grand winner of the last year’s finalist teams presented their progress and experience to cheer up and encourage the finalists.

Overview

Title

TECH PLANTER DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2017

Venue

Auditorium IPPP Building, UMCIC, Universiti Malaya

Date/Time

May 13th 2017 10:30-17:30

Organizer

Leave a Nest Co., Ltd.

Prize Winners

Grand Winner for TECH PLANTER DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA

Content: 200,000 JPY and right to participate in TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in SG

Team: ACET INNOVATES

Theme: eco-enzyme from locally isolated fungus to help retting process of Kenaf to obtain fibre.

JT Award

Team: CHROLACLE

Theme: Personalized chlorella bulgaris for various health usage.

3. Leave a Nest Award

Team: R-ZORBENT

Theme:
unique modified butyl rubber for effective oil clear-up

We will organize a reunion for TECH PLANTER community in mid August this year at UM. Please watch out for our announcements.

徳江 紀穂子/Kihoko Tokue
Leave a Nest Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Leave a Nest Asia group
Education background:
PhD in Science (Behavioral Biology), Rikkyo University
MSc in Science, University of New England
BSc graduated with Magna Cum Laude, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Born in Tokyo, raised in Singapore and Thailand. Educated in the US and Australia. She has working experience in Thailand as a researcher and lecturer at King Mongkut's Technology Thonburi. She joined Leave a Nest in 2011, founded Leave a Nest Malaysia in 2013, and became Leave a Nest Singapore president from 2016.
Her dream is to build Leave a Nest Asia as leading global leader hub for bringing "Advancing Science and Technology for Global Happiness"